Watch a live tracker of Hurricane Milton as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida.
---> Milton strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane as Florida prepares for massive evacuations
The storm-ravaged Gulf Coast in Florida was expected to hit less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene struck. While forecast models vary widely, the most likely path suggests Milton could make landfall Wednesday in the Tampa Bay area and remain a hurricane as it moves across central Florida into the Atlantic Ocean.